Canley Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,296 people in Canley Vale of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Canley Vale was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Canley Vale aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Canley Vale was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Canley Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Canley Vale was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Canley Vale 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.6% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 20.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Canley Vale were Vietnamese 26.5%, Chinese 23.1%, English 6.6%, Australian 5.3% and Khmer (Cambodian) 4.9%.

In Canley Vale, 35.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 26.9%, Cambodia 6.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.6%, Iraq 2.6% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Canley Vale, 7.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 89.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Canley Vale were Buddhism 41.0%, Catholic 20.2%, No Religion 10.9%, Eastern Orthodox 5.0% and Anglican 3.6%.

In Canley Vale 15.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 33.4%, Cantonese 10.6%, Khmer 5.0%, Mandarin 4.8% and Arabic 3.4%.

Employment

There were 3,507 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Canley Vale. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 13.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Canley Vale, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Canley Vale was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Canley Vale included Labourers 17.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Professionals 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Managers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Canley Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 2.3%, Residential Building Construction 2.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.0% and Specialised Food Retailing 1.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Canley Vale was $337.

In Canley Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.3%, Train 14.7%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Walked only 2.5% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 19.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Canley Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Canley Vale, 16.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Canley Vale, 48.0% were couple families with children, 21.6% were couple families without children and 26.9% were one parent families.

In Canley Vale 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Canley Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,788 and those without children was $1,536.

Employment status of couple families

In Canley Vale, of couple families with children, 14.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 7.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Canley Vale, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Canley Vale, 55.5% were separate houses, 19.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Canley Vale, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 31.1% had 2 bedrooms and 37.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Canley Vale, 30.0% were owned outright, 29.8% were owned with a mortgage and 35.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Canley Vale, of all households, 77.2% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Canley Vale, 34.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Canley Vale, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Canley Vale, there were 59 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 47.5%) were male and 31 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 20 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Canley Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Canley Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.